Record-card holder



Mach 13, 1945- G. D. WIPERT RECORD-CARD HOLDER Filed May 23, 1944 2Sheets-Sheet 1 'March 13, 1945.

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QUANTI l fo NAME no. l/ z5 /NvE/vrole GEORGE D. w ERERT Arron/fr;

Patented Mar. 13, 1945 UNITED STATES V, .PATENT o Price l attirer. -1 Iasocian-cuan notons n George n. wiepert, New Haven, com., assigner.

't The Merriam Manufacturing Uonl;

ham, Conn., a corporation yof Ccmiecticut Application May 23, 1944;iSerial Efo. SBNGS s claims. (ci. 2069405.) Y

The present .inventionrela'tes to improvements in card-holdersandfrelates 'more particularlyto impibliemets ill holders Which adaptedI the reception of record-cards such, for instance, as cards forkeeping'track of production operations in manufacturing plants, though thecardholders are available for other uses.

One of the objects of the .present invention. is to provide a superiorrecord-card holder so con-V structed and arranged as to convenientlylhold record-cards and tov shield 'the same against me'- chanicalinjury, to thereby enable thefcar'dl-holder with its setoflrecord-cards, to accompany items of manufacture through various stepsof manufacture to completion.,

Another object. oi. the present inventionv to provide `a superiorrecord-card holder soY constructed andarranged as to provide whereby thecontained record-cards` may be. conven. iently divided into sections n Afurther object of the presentinven-tion is. to provide a. superiorrecord-cardholder constructed 'and arranged so thatY record-cards. maybe die vided into sections, and one or more such sections may be.retained inthe holder with provision for displacing suehsectionfrom. itsoriginal location into a noninterfering location, with respect to othercomplete record-cards still remaining. in the-holden With thev aboveandother objeotsin view as will appear to those ski-lledzin thea-rt fromthe presen-t disclosure, this invention.. includes: all features in thesaid disclosure which are novel-i over they prior art.

In. the accompanying. drawings, in. which ceri tain modes ofy carryingout the present invention are shown for illustrativepurposes;v

Eig'.y 1- is. ali-endl view' on a. recordcardholder constructed inaccordance with: t-hej` present irrvention, and showing. ai group otreoordcafr'ds mounted. therein.;

Eig.. 2: isa. face: View thereof;

Fig is an edgeview thereof Eig. 4i is a longitudihah sectional view:taken on the line 4*@ oii Figa. Za-nc showing. thexrighwharid portion;or the' uppermost record-carat. as heine lifted into engagement with thetear-oitl bar.; preparatory to being.: dt-:taohedzt- Eig. 5f is ayface:y view corresponding. to`z 2 but showingthe condition f. theluppermost card after the; right-hauntr part; thereof. has: been: dertached; and. the left-hand part thereof. hasfbe'en swungfintopositiorrover theftear-'oi lipiprepara@ tory to having its outer-portiondetached; necesa secuencia vimtaken on the une s-e of rie; v`5 andshowing','fby Broken lines, 'elicotteri' portion of the letteraria partofthe records-cara. bent downwardly pifeiaatfy to being 's'f veicii Fig."7 a 'face kView ffne four 'section-s 'or a record-carri loi the type;showni'n 'the preceding figures: and.

Fig'. 8 'is a perspeetivmview of the recorcarzi holder v'stripure 'ofrecord-cards'. f 4

The particular Vfone of the present' intention shown in theaccompanying; drawi's 'fremdes `gi ouestantiallr-rectanguiar podrmemos-r lliy which may be covitry 'formed from sheet metal, and'Which-ls tf l''g 'S etiie ilt' ferrer edges w tof retirees [Para r2.spot-welded or other iss cured to uppersuf'faee of the "upper -nafi portof 'die body-mriter l'j'n, is.V an L- hoped .retaining-meinbergeneraliydesignated ci: the reference criaraeter lr and incudine an @standingretaifine'- ii'ange LII Aarid' a. baseiporti'ri LBLHWliichl'attbe isspot-welded @f .othrwis seeeagareetir to nie' upper-faceoitl'ieloodi-niiiber lill'.y y, .Silbstaltilly midway .f`- itsl lth, thTvdymember. mi is. provided' with a tear-oir br It having. gauges IT andis". at its reseeuve. epposi'te ends Which-.dare respectivelyysptiti'sided i otherwisens'ecuied to the respective inner-iacs" the.guardfliianges ill and I2 of' 'the said' Body# member. I 0'.. The loweror 'bakl ed'ofth ta'lofi' bar It is spacedr upwardly withrspct to' theupper-face of. the main-portionofthe Body-merriber.l'0,.so aste pioyidela space for' the aconirho'- dationl ofF a plurality of'.` rec'ord-cardsyerieralli designatedby thereference character Ig.. `l

the instanoeshowmeachofthe record-cards' I 9" is. provided. with avertical. linel ofA perforations or piercings 2l). and a horizontaldineof perforations or piercings 2,' Il.. The. said` linesl oflperforationsorpiercings. 'MI and ZI or their equi-ralenti,

constitute. lines of weakness alongwhich. a-gilven record-card I'9`maybe torn.

'lhe7 aforesaid of perforations f andi-f l serve to potentfalyY divideagiven recrdcardk-nt$ into tour. sections: respectively designatedb-ythethe lower right-hand section 25 of a given card may be kept in thepossession of the worker `as a record to check the workers own pay whensuch pay is received. y

Adjacent the upper left-hand corner of the upper left-hand section 22 ofeach card, the bodymember I of the card-holder is formed with aperforation 26 (Fig. 8) to provide means for pivotally attaching a groupof record-cards such as I9. In the instance shown, an ordinarydoublearmed iiexible fastener 21 is extended downwardy poses as willhereinafter appear.

When the given operation set forth on the upper-most record-card I9 iscompleted, the worker may detach the right-hand portion of the saidrecord-card (consisting of the sections 24 and 25) by lifting the freeend' of the given recordcard to thus bring the portion thereof adjacentthe perforations 20 against the under-edge of the tear-off bar I6, as isshown in Fig. 4. Now, since the vertical line of perforations 20 islocated adjacent the edge of the said tear-off bar, the part of therecord-card consisting of the sections 24 and 25 may be jointly detachedfrom the part consisting of the sections 22 and 23. The nowdetachedright-.hand portion ofthe record-card (consisting of the sections 24 and25) may now be parted along the horizontal line of perforations 2|,whereupon the upper Section 24 may be sent to the payroll department andthe lower section 25 retained by the worker as a receipt.

After the joint severance of the sections 24 and 25 as above described,the remaining left-hand portion of the record-card (consisting ofthe'sections 22 and 23) may be pivoted about the fastener 2'! and swunginto the position in which it is shown in Figs. 5.and 6. In this manner,the line of perforations 2| will bebrought into registry with thetear-off lip 28 constituted by the left-edge of the retaining-member i3.Now, by bending the section 23 downwardly as indicated by broken linesin Fig. 6, the' said `section 23 may be detached from the section 22.The detached section 23 may now be dispatched for insertion in theproduction chart, while the section 22 will be retained in therecord-card holder by the fastener 21, but in a position ofnoninterference with the second card of the series, which will thus beexposed, so that the information contained thereon will be available tothe worker and respects -as illustrative and not restrictive, and

all changes coming within the `meaning and equivalency range of theappended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim: i

1. A record-card holder` including in combination: a body providedintermediate its respective opposite ends with pivot-means forpivotally-attaching record-cards to the said body, the said body beingprovided with two separate substantially-parallel tear-off meansrespectively located on the'opposite sides'of the said pivotmeans inposition to be engaged by a portion of a card to facilitate thetearing-off of a portion thereof, one of the said tear-oit means beingspaced above the upper-face of the said body to provide space for theaccommodation of recordcards.

2. A record-card holder, including in combination: a body providedintermediate its respective opposite ends with pivot-means forpivotallyattaching record-cards to the said body, the said body beingprovided with two separate substantially-parallel tear-off meansrespectively located on the opposite sides of the said pivotmeans inposition to be engaged by a portion of a card to facilitate thetearing-off of a portion thereof, one of the said tear-off meanscomprising a tear-off bar having its lower-face spaced above theupper-face of the said body to provide space for the accommodation ofrecord-cards.

3. A record-card holder, including in combination: a body providedintermediate its respective opposite ends with pivot-means forpivotallyattaching record-cards to the said body, the said body beingprovided on one side of its said pivotmeans with al first tear-off meansand being provided on the other side of the said pivotmeans with asecond tear-01T means extending in substantial parallelism with the saidfirst tearf oi means, the said second tear-off means being spacedupwardly with respect to the upper-face of the said body to providespace for the accom- 40 modation of record-cards; andvertically-extending retaining-means positioned adjacent the said rsttear-off means to retain portions of a card in a position adjacent thesaid first tear-off means.

4. A record-card holder, including in combination: a body-ofsubstantially-rectangular form and provided adjacent one of its cornerswith means for pivoting record-cards, the said body provided at one endwith a tear-ofi lip adjacent the said pivoting-means; a tear-off barextend ing crosswise of the said body in substantial parallelism withthe said tear-off lip and located on the opposite side of the saidpivoting-means therefrom, the lower-face ofthe said tear-off bar beingspaced above the upper-face of the portion of the said body to providespace for the accommodation of record-cards.

5. A record-card holder, including in combination: a body having one oftwo complemental substantially-parallel guard-flanges projecting alongeach of its opposite edges to form a troughlike structure; a tear-offVbar extending crosswise of the said body between the two said guardangesthereof, the lower-face of the said tearoi bar being spaced above theupper-face of the portion of the said body lying between the two saidguard-Hanges to provide space for the accommodation of record-cards; atear-off lip on said body extending in substantial parallelism with thesaid tear-off bar; and pivot-means `lo-l cated intermediate the saidrtear-off lip and the said tear-off bar 'and providing means for piv-Lotally-attaching record-cards to the said body.

GEORGE/D. WIEPERT.

